Any chance of living on campus? I'd be getting out the house some way, and advising parents that if they are having such a hard time with the choices that you make, then they are more than welcome to not attend your wedding or any other eventful time in your life.
If that means applying for a living grant/maintenance loan, so be it, and definitely quitting your current job. You will make yourself sick if you don't cut out the very worst stress in your life... from the sounds of it, that's your current job and your parents. I know, I know, everyone says that you shouldn't quit one job without another lined up... but if your stress is so severe that it flows over to interviews, etc.. that's not attractive to potential employers either. Far better to quit job, rest, relax and then have the energy and drive to find a new job, which you should if you have the monetary cushion to do that.
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Having a bit of family trouble :/
I'm not completely sure where to begin, so I'll take each problem at a time. Any advice would be much appreciated
I suppose work is the biggest problem of them all. I know there are very few people who enjoy their job, but I hate mine, I really do. I've been diagnosed with depression and an anxiety disorder because of working there, and it's only a part time job! Everytime I have to go to work, I wish that I would be in an accident or something so I wouldn't have to go in, and I cry both before and after work. In fact, things are so bad that my fiance is giving up his time alone (not at my request, but through his own kindness) to be there for me when I come home from work. Now, I'm at University, but in order to try and keep my future debts down, I have only applied for tuition fees, not a living grant or a maintenance loan. However, I have enough money saved in order for me to leave work but to still be able pay board (rent for any American readers) to my parents whilst I look for another job. They will not allow me to leave my job, even though I can still pay them board in the meantime. When I become upset about work, they tell me to grow up and stop being stupid. Some (or all) of you may agree, I don't know, but all I know is I cannot keep doing this anymore. My fiance has also offered to move me into his house, but his father is going through a very difficult time at the moment, and I wouldn't dream of imposing on him.
Does anyone have any advice with regards to this? I have actually been searching for jobs and filled out countless application forms, but heard nothing. I am in a position to pay my parents board and to continue paying it for a long time in case a job does not turn up in the near future, but my mother particularly has told me that if I leave this job, I will not have a home.
The second problem is to do with my family's interference in my wedding. I have chosen my bridesmaids - my 3 best friends who have been with me through the hardest times in my life. My fiance has also chosen his bridesmaid: his little niece. My mother is now refusing to come to my wedding, and is badmouthing me to other family members, because I haven't asked my sister to be a bridesmaid.
The reason I haven't asked her is because we have never got on really, she is very self-centred and spoilt, and because on more than one occasion she has threatened to ruin my wedding. I don't want someone like that ruining the happiest day of my life out of spite.
She is more than welcome to attend the wedding, just not in a bridesmaid capacity, and I have always said this. I even offered to compromise with both her and my mother, and said that if she promised to behave herself then she could be a bridesmaid, but as soon as she misbehaved then she would not be allowed to be one. My mother could not accept this and said that "there will be no bargaining", so as such I am standing my ground and not having my sister as a bridesmaid. I have not left my sister out out of spite, but because I am not particularly close to her, and I am certain that she will do her best to cause problems and to draw attention to herself. What should I do?
Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you
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